Subject to timely submission of parliamentary documentation by the authors.

These courses have also considered the requirements under the GEF Operational Programme on sustainable land management.

The Executive Board will have before it the draft common country programme document for Cape Verde.

The action referred to pertains to a WFP document such as an Executive Board document.

WFP will continue to report to the Executive Board on TCPR achievements, process and goals in future Annual Reports.

The programme supported the Executive management and policy programme in cooperation with the GEF.

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The executive team, chaired by the Associate Administrator, provided oversight of the ICT budget.

The full report will be submitted to the Board at its first regular session 2006, with an accompanying Note by the Administrator.

Requests the Executive Secretary to include data in the budget presentation by programme and by object of expenditure, showing

The primary objective of the training courses has been to provide the participants with required capacity for accessing funding under the relevant GEF Operational Programme.

The Administrator reported to the Executive Board at its 2004 annual session that the Evaluation Office had initiated an independent evaluation.

Substantial support has been provided to governmental agencies for formulating projects for submission under OP 15.

WFP staff collaborated with World Bank specialists in developing WFP's safety net strategy, which was approved by the Executive Board in October 2004, for Burkina Faso, Haiti and Pakistan.

Further requests the Administrator to keep the financial regulations under active review and to consult accordingly with the Executive Board.

Decides to include in the agenda of the annual session of the Executive Board in June 2005 an item on the global programme.

Decides to include in the agenda of the annual session of the Executive Board in June 2005 an item on the global programme.

The Unit also supports the Deputy Executive Director in the management of the programme, including the guidance and policy clearance of all programmatic matters.

The IUCN is developing guidelines on GEF OP 15 in order to assist countries to develop and implement projects under the programme.

The programme assisted the Executive management and policy programme in consultations with donors and relevant organizations, with the aim of supporting the strengthening of partnership building.

The Donors shall specify the Thematic Programme for which a contribution is intended and may request the Executive Director to make proposals for allocating their contributions.

In addition, it contains the up to date chapters of the ICP handbook and complete summaries of the deliberations of the ICP Executive Board, the Technical Advisory Group and the meetings of the regional coordinators.

The Executive Board had before it the draft CPD for Bangladesh (E ICEF 2005 P L.12), which was introduced by the Regional Director.

A governance arrangement comprising national, regional, and international organizations has been established, as well as the International Comparison Programme (ICP) Executive Board. The Board is responsible for the successful implementation of the programme.

The executive summary presents the key findings of the independent evaluation and recommendations on the strategic focus, management and modalities that the next regional programme may adopt.

The recent announcement by the Executive Director of WFP on strengthening the Programme's organizational capacity to deal with refugee issues is very welcome.

UNDP, UNFPA and UNICEF are working on a common results based budgeting vision which will be presented to their respective executive boards.

The Executive Board had before it the draft CPD for Peru (E ICEF 2005 P L.6), which was introduced by the Regional Director.

The Executive Board had before it the draft CPD for Swaziland (E ICEF 2005 P L.30 and Corr.1), which was introduced by the Regional Director.

Should this flexibility be exercised, UNDP would report to the Executive Board at the end of the programming period, providing the specific reasons, levels, and rationale for such transfers.

The Executive Board had before it the draft CPD for the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (E ICEF 2005 P L.36), which was introduced by the Regional Director.

Requests the Administrator and UNFPA Executive Director to submit to the Board, for its consideration at its annual session 2006, a comprehensive report on the implementation of joint programming, as outlined in this decision, and on the UNDG joint programming guidelines, including information on experiences and an analysis of resources allocated to the three options of fund management for joint programmes, and the resulting benefit in development impact or efficiency gains.

The global programme for the period 2005 2007 is framed in accordance with the second multi year funding framework (MYFF) 2004 2007 endorsed by the Executive Board (decision 2003 24) which serves as the main policy document and a strategic management tool for the organization.

This global programme builds on the efforts of the second Global Cooperation Framework (GCFII) approved by the Executive Board (decision 2001 7) and extended for one year (decision 2003 21).

The proposal has been well received and is currently in pipeline 18, cleared by the GEF Secretariat in October 2004.

While programmes related to the provision of internal support services for the Organization, covered in Major Programmes A, B, G, H and I, have remained largely unchanged from those presented in the programme and budgets for the biennium 2004 2005, the programmes related to the provision of substantive technical and global forum services to the beneficiary States have been substantially altered to fit into the thematic framework selected for Major Programmes C to F.

EDM promotes coherence in the secretariat's work, ensures internal communications, and ensures responsiveness to the needs of the Parties the Executive Secretary chairs internal coordination processes that advance these aims and promote the collegial management of the secretariat.

5.1 The Deputy Executive Secretary is accountable to the Executive Secretary.

Further requests the Administrator to report to the Executive Board at its annual session 2006 on progress achieved in implementing the third cooperation framework for South South cooperation.

The staff member shall submit a copy of the letter to the executive head of his or her department, office, fund or programme.

In order to benefit from the opportunities offered by this Operational Programme, several countries are taking the approach of promoting sub regional and multilateral partnerships and developing cross border cooperation for managing shared resources.

The Deputy Executive Director assists the Executive Director in the performance of his or her functions.

The Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions has considered the report of the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on the proposed biennial programme and support budget of UNEP for 2006 2007 (UNEP GC.23 8).

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